Post by Logan on Jun 23, 2016 21:34:57 GMT -6
Long Beach to pay nearly $3 million after shooting unarmed man 19 times in 2013
Long Beach will pay nearly $3 million to the family of an unarmed man who was shot 19 times during a fatal clash with police in 2013.
On Wednesday, a federal court jury awarded $1.05 million to the parents of Tyler Woods, who was shot while fleeing Long Beach police officers after he was detained in November of 2013, court records show. The city has also agreed to pay $1.9 million in damages to Woods’ 4-year-old son, according to John Fattahi, one of the attorneys representing the family.
Woods, 19, of Rialto, ran from police during a vehicle stop, leaping across rooftops and over fences during a daring escape attempt. He was shot at more than three dozen times by officers who believed he was reaching for a weapon, court records show.
“When an officer uses force, and particularly when he bypasses the criminal justice system and effectively imposes the death penalty, it often falls on a jury to make the important decision of whether the force was excessive,” Fattahi said in a statement. “The jury’s verdict in this case reflects a shifting tide among the community, a feeling that enough is enough.”
Read more: www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tyler-woods-long-beach-20160623-snap-story.html
Long Beach will pay nearly $3 million to the family of an unarmed man who was shot 19 times during a fatal clash with police in 2013.
On Wednesday, a federal court jury awarded $1.05 million to the parents of Tyler Woods, who was shot while fleeing Long Beach police officers after he was detained in November of 2013, court records show. The city has also agreed to pay $1.9 million in damages to Woods’ 4-year-old son, according to John Fattahi, one of the attorneys representing the family.
Woods, 19, of Rialto, ran from police during a vehicle stop, leaping across rooftops and over fences during a daring escape attempt. He was shot at more than three dozen times by officers who believed he was reaching for a weapon, court records show.
“When an officer uses force, and particularly when he bypasses the criminal justice system and effectively imposes the death penalty, it often falls on a jury to make the important decision of whether the force was excessive,” Fattahi said in a statement. “The jury’s verdict in this case reflects a shifting tide among the community, a feeling that enough is enough.”
Read more: www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tyler-woods-long-beach-20160623-snap-story.html